Diecast

22 jun. 2016

Kalmykia (Респу́блика Калмы́кия) is a Republic of Russia, notorious for having the only majority buddhist population in Europe. Darine lives in the capital, Elista, and she sent me this image of the pagoda it the Central Square of her city.

I was also happy to learn that this temple replaced a big monument to Lenin. Ha ha! This is the flag of Kalmykia.También me alegra saber que el templo reemplazó un gran monumento de Lenin. ¡Ha ha! Esta es la bandera de Kalmykia.

Curiosity led me to search for more Kalmykia videos. The first is from 1998, and speaks about the Chess World Cup that took place in this Republic, and Kirzan Ilyumzhinov, the President responsible for it.